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In May of 2011, I blogged that the Archer House had finally installed an external sign that let people know there were public restrooms inside, upper and lower levels. (I…
I noticed this week that First National Bank of Northfield installed a 24 hour ATM sign at its downtown location. Very cool. It’s evidently part of the ATM upgrade…
Ray Cox stopped by unannounced at my morning office at GBM yesterday morning to talk politics, business, and web stuff for NCC. And then former Northfielder Steve Grove (Twitter acct…
Northfield Construction Company (NCC) has begun remodeling work on the old Community Resource Bank building at 25 Bridge Square , soon to become the world headquarters for the Neuger…
The two trees in front of the Northfield Historial Society’s Scriver Building have been cut down (sob!). It looks so bare now from Bridge Square. But there is…
Northfield Historical Society muckety mucks held a ground-breaking ceremony late yesterday afternoon in front of the Scriver Building, marking the start of the NHS ‘accessibility project,’ primarily the…
In the 2010 election, corporations, big business spoke loudly with support from the Supreme Court’s decision in January. Representative David Bly evidently was targeted by a lot of nasty mailings. …
I chatted briefly yesterday with Jim Braucher, Principal of Professional Design Group, a Northfield architectural and engineering firm, on the plans to redevelop the site of the Community Resource Bank and the old Aldsworth building overlooking Bridge Square with a historic-looking 4-story office building. I may be drinking the Kool-Aid but I’m not inclined to jump on the ‘save the Aldsworth’ bandwagon since only its facade was renovated in 1997. According to my Deep Throat at GBM, the interior structure is badly dilapidated. (continued)